Hat-fastener



F.1. CANCIANICH.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION man SEPTH, 1919,

v1,341 `Patented May 25,1920.

L12/en Zza/4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-FASTENEB.

Speciilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application led September 11, 1919. Serial No. 323,046.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. CANCIA- NICH, a subject of the King ofItaly, residing at New ort News in the county of Warwick and tate ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to hat fasteners, the principal object being toprovide a fastener adapted to be used 1n securing a womans hat inposition upon the head to take the place of the ordinary pin commonlyused.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a hat fastenerwhich will obviate the danger of injury to the head as is ordinarilyexperienced with the usual hat pin.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hat fastener to beused in conjunction with womens hats, which when engaged with the hairwill positively retain the hat in proper position on the head and whichat the same time Will not perforate or otherwise injure the hat.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a womans hatfastening which will permit the hat to be engaged upon the wearers headwithout the use of a lmirror and will always enga e the hair at theproper point to retain t e hat in its proper position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener for womens hatswhich may be readily attached to the hat and used in conjunction withhats of various types, the construction being such as to cause thewearer no inconvenience and to be comfortable to the head.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a hat fasteningdevice having the above characteristics, which is simple inconstruction, which consists of few parts, and which may be manufacturedand sold at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the inventionconsists in the novel combination of elements, con struction andarrangement, operation and specific features all of which arehereinafter enlarged upon and explicitly defined in the subjoinedclaims.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of niy improved hatfastening in position in a hat, parts of the hat being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device detached from the hat;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. fl is an enlarged detail view illustrating the mounting of the hairengaging tines, and

Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the parts used in conjunction with theinvention.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like` characters ofreference designate like parts in all the views the numeral 5 designatesa plate which in this instance is frusto-conical in shape and is cut outat opposite sides as indicated at 6 to render the plate light and toreceive the wearers hair. In order to further reduce the weight of theplate 5 and to allow the interior of the hat to be ventilated, the plateis provided with perforations 7. It will be stated that owing to theconstant change in the shape of hats thev plate 5 will be of such shapeas to conform to the contour of the interior of the hat. Securingflanges 8 are formed at the radial edges of the plate 5 and are providedwith openings 9 for the reception of stitching whereby the plate issecured in the crown of the hat. The circumferential edge of the plate 5is also provided with openings 9 for the reception of stitching. Asillustrated in Fig. 1 the plate is positioned in the crown of the hatand overlying this plate is a piece of fabric 10 to which the flanges 8and the plate are stitched as indicated at 11.

Formed upon the central part or theflat surface of the plate 5 is anupstanding semicircular member 12. Rotatably mounted onthis flat surfaceand about the member 12 as an axis is an elongated plate 18. Extendingfrom opposite ends of the rotatable plate 13 is a pair of oppositelydisposed tines or hair engaging pins 14, each of which includes a lengthof wire bent adjacent its inner end as at 15 and extended obliquely tolie upon the outer face of the plate 5.

Each of the lengths of wire are bent reversely as indicated at 17 andlongitudi nally curved. The longitudinally curved parts of each of thetines is slidably engaged in guides 19 disposed at the radial edges ofthe plate 5. The plate 5 is further provided with slots 2O which open atthe radial edges and secured to the other face of the plate andunderlying the slots are housings 21 to protect the points of the tines14 when in retracted position.

V`A stationary plate 22 is disposed above the rotatable plate 13 inspaced relation thereto and is secured to the plate 5 by downturnedclips 23 passing through the plate and bent at right angles thereto. EX-tending downwardly from the plate 22 is a pin 24 formed with a head 25at its lower end and embracing this pin and head is a helical spring 26,one end of which is secured to an ear 27 struck in the plate 22 and itsopposite end secured to an ear 28 carried by the plate 13. Normally thespring 26 urges the plate 13`to a position where the tines 111 willproject beyond the housings as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 to engagethe wearers hair.

, In order to retract the tines there is provided an operating chain orother flexible element 29 which passes through the hat as illustrated at3() and is attached to one of the tines 14. vDepending from this chain29 is a grasping member 31. This chain is movable in a guide 32 disposedupon one of the radial edges of the plate 5 and'disposed at a pointwhere it will not obstruct the tine having the chain attached theretoduring the retracting operation. A keeper 33 is disposed on the plate 5adjacent the guide 32 and is contracted at one side to receive alatching element 341 disposed intermediate the ends of the chain toretain the tines in retracted position. 1

' From the above disclosure it will be apparentthat after the hat isplaced upon the wearers head it is only necessary to disengage thelatching element from the keeper 33 to allow the tines to be engagedwith the wearers hair which will positively retain the hat `in positionon the head.

The construction illustrated and described is a `practical embodiment ofthe invention, but it will bev understood that the same may be modifiedin many respects, and my limits ofpsuch modification are only governedby the subj oined `claims.

lVhat I claim` is:

1. A hat fastening including a plate cut out at opposite sides thereof,a plurality of hair engaging tines having their inner ends connectedtogether and pivoted upon the plate, a spring operatively connecting thetines and normally urging the same to a position to bridge the cut outparts of the plate, and means for retracting the tines and locking thesame in retracted position.

2. A'hat fastening comprising a plate to be mounted in a hat, oppositelydisposed hair'engaging tines having their inner ends lixed to a commonpoint and rotatable about a common axis, a spring normally urging thetines into engagement with the wearers hair, a flexible element havingone end attached to one of the tines, a guide on the plate through whichthe flexible element passes, and a keeper on the plate adapted to engagethe flexible element to retain the tines in retracted position.

The combination with a hat, of ay perforated plate of a shape to conformto the interior of the hat, the plate being cut out at diametricallyopposite points, securing flanges formed at the radial edges of theplate and provided with openings to receive securing means, a platerotatable upon the upper face of the perforated plate, oppositelydisposed hair engaging tines carried thereby, a coil spring normallyurging the plate to a position to cause the tines to engage the hair,and a flexible element passing through the hat having one end attachedto the tines whereby the same may be retracted.

4. In a hat fastening, a plate adapted to be secured within a hat, aplate rotatable on the first mentioned plate, oppositely disposed tinescarried thereby, a stationary plate disposed above the rotatable plateand spaced therefrom and fixed to the first mentioned plate, a stemprojecting from the latter plate, a helical spring encircling the stemhaving one end engaged with the said plate and its opposite ends fixedto the rotatable plate, the spring normally urging the plate to aposition to engage the tines with the hair, a flexible elementoperatively con nected with the tines for retracting the latter, andmeans for engaging the flexible element to retain the tines in retractedposition.

5. In a hat fastening, a concavo-convex plate to be secured within ahat, and provided with relatively large openings at diametricallyopposite points to accommodate the wearers hair, and a plurality oftines xed to a common point and rotatable on the plate and adapted tobridge the openings to engage the hair.

6. In a hat fastening, a concavo-convex plate adapted to be securedwithin a hat, a plurality of tines at its inner ends connected to acommon point, said tines being bent adjacent their inner ends to disposethe major portion thereof in a plane to lie against the plate, and meansfor projecting the tines for engagement with the wearers hair and todisengage the same therefrom.

7. In a hat fastening, a substantially concavo-convex plate providedwith a central flat portion, an elongated member rotatable on thelatter, a plurality of hair engaging tines carried by the elongatedmember, a stationary plate overlying the elongated member and connectedto the flat portion, a head depending from the stationary plate, and asite end connected with the elongated mein-` ber to rotate the same inone direction, and hair engaging means carried by the elongated member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS J. GANGIAN'ICH.

Witnesses ANGELO MANZI, y BENNETT S. JONES.

